The strange thing with Petrov is that sometimes he does show he has the ability to deliver a good race weekend (Hungary and Abu Dhabi 2010 and obviously Melbourne) but then follows that up with multiple rookie mistakes in other races. Last Sunday for instance he already had a couple of 'moments' before his ultimate retirement, costing him time and positions. If that doesn't change, unfortunately for him a team can't employ him on merit to lead their charge nor to be the steady consistent 2nd driver who you can rely on to pick up the spoils when the 1st driver crashes out (like say Heidfeld, Barichello, Button and maybe Kovalainen or Alguersuari in various degrees). So as long as that's the case he'll have to compensate for crashing out on occassion with cash money.

On a serious note, I feel sorry for this guy in a way, because any driver who comes from a non-traditional racing country as a pay driver, gets the nasty media. Last year he was a rookie and yes, Kubica made him look like a looser, and probably he was!.......but also, did Barrichello to Hulkenberg and people cried rivers when Nico got sacked!........

There are two parallels between comrade and Hulk. They both got better n 2010. That said Hulk was coming on much stronger at the end than comrade. The other one is that both came from GP2. That said Hulk raced in: karts, Formula BMW, A1, F3, GP2 and he had won all of those on his first attemp as a rookie. Hulk has plenty of talent and given a good car it would show. Yes, Barrichello initially spanked him but the difference between the two in quali at the end of 2010 was closing the gap to Ruben very quickly. Also he scored 22 points to Ruben's 47 which is not that bad.

I am NOT convinced that Petrov is a good driver. Over a full race weekend he is still very green. One podium and alot of people are getting all giddy. My guess is that he has a bunch of bad weekends with a few good ones.

Join
the conversation - Add your comment

Although the administrators and moderators of this website will attempt to keep all objectionable comments off these pages, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the poster, and neither Crash Media Group nor Crash.Net will be held responsible for the content of any message. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. If you find a message objectionable, please contact us and inform us of the problem or use the [report] function next to the offending post. Any message that does not conform with the policy of this service can be edited or removed with immediate effect.